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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 158

Hornsby School of Arts. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 10

Sir,—In your last Saturday's issue you state that the committee of the Hornsby School of Arts had instructed the architect to call for tenders for proposed…

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Sports and Games. FOOTBALL. Rugby. The Schools' Championship. T.K.S.V. Newington

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 5

The first of the two annual matches (in the all schools premiership competition) between The King's School, Parramatta, and Newington College was played on…

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The Flag of Britain. (A Song for School Children, by E. A. Walker ; publisher, A. J. S. Maddison, London.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 May 1908 · page 1

Flag of Britain, proudly waving Over many distant seas, Flag of Britain, boldly braving Blinding fog and adverse breeze,…

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Our Schools St. Aloysius' College, North Sydney. On. Iv

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 May 1908 · page 3

The College of St. Aloyatus' stands amid picturesque surroundings on the north side of the harbor near the road to Kirrlbilli Point. It is conducted by…

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The Horse and the Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 May 1908 · page 8

HIS FIRST LESSON. The class at Drummoyne Superior Public School learning the A B C of horsemanship…

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"Conducted by Vandorian" a School for Wives

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 May 1908 · page 7

Some time ago a writer asked why we cannot Lave, among the thousand-and-one innovations ot this go-ahead period, a School for Wives, a sort of 'University of the…

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All Schools' Premiership King's School V. the High School

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 May 1908 · page 14

The King's School and High School met at Parramatta. on Saturday, the result being in favor of King's School" by 22 points to nil. For the winners Gardiner scored 4 tries and…

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Run Down by an Express. Victoria School-teacher's Fate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Margaret Joule (35), State school-teacher, was, on Saturday night run down at Ballarat by the express train from Melbourne to Adelaide, and the body when found…

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The Public Schools. Saluting the Empire's Flag. by Australia's Children. the Songs Thousands Will Sing To-day. Advance Australia Fair

Evening News · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 3

Australia's sons let us rejoice. For we are young and free. We've golden soil and wealth for toil. Our home is girt by sea…

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Schoolboy Rabbiters

Evening News · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 4

CARCOAR, Monday.—The rabbit trapping industry is now in full swing, aid many men and boys are finding very lucrative employment at the work. The price paid by buyers at the…

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At Fort-street Model School. Speech by the Premier

Evening News · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 7

As in previous years the proceedings at the Fort-street Model School were of an enthusiastic nature. The scholars Were marshalled in the front portion of the school grounds, and…

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At Other Schools

Evening News · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 7

The Premier attended at the Willoughby Public School and the public school at St. Ives this morning, and delivered appropriate speeches. At each place the celebrations, the…

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At Woollahra School

Evening News · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 7

Empire Day was celebrated with much enthusiasm at the Woollabra Superior Public School, where the headmaster, Mr. Box, his assistants, and the local school band, had made…

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The Governor at the Girls' High School

Evening News · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 7

The Governor, Accompanied by Miss Rawson, and attended by Captain Wilson, A.D.C., aud Captain Miller, A.D.C., visited the Girls' High School, Castlereagh-street, Sydney, about a…

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Historic Schools. Mr. Carruthers at Canterbury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 7

Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P., presented from Canterbury, New South Wales, and from The King's School, Parramatta, a flag to the Canterbury elementary school…

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Soldiers' Sons. the King at the Duke of York's School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday. -- Their Majesties, the King and Queen Alexandra yesterday, attended the Empire Day inspection of the boys (sons of soldiers who died while…

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Display of Produce. London Schoolboys Interested

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday Afternoon. -- A large school at Peckham has been temporarily transformed into a museum to display products of the Motherland and colonies, lent…

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Pupils and Entertainments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 9

The syllabus of the State school is suggestive, and much of its interpretation is left to the teacher. Educational outings have come to occupy an important place in the…

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A Scarcity of Teachers

Evening News · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 4

Down in Victoria there is such a short supply of teachers that the Government is bringing in a Bill to increase salaries. It is not stated as to what becomes of the teachers…

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Gladesville School Celebrations

Evening News · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 8

As a result mainly of the efforts of the local progress association, the Gladesville Public School children and the children of the district generally, were treated to a thoroughly…

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